EP0913060A1 - Video signal processing apparatus - Google Patents
Video signal processing apparatusInfo
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- EP0913060A1 EP0913060A1 EP97936235A EP97936235A EP0913060A1 EP 0913060 A1 EP0913060 A1 EP 0913060A1 EP 97936235 A EP97936235 A EP 97936235A EP 97936235 A EP97936235 A EP 97936235A EP 0913060 A1 EP0913060 A1 EP 0913060A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04N7/00—Television systems
- H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
- H04N7/087—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
- H04N7/088—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital
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- H04N5/00—Details of television systems
- H04N5/14—Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region
- H04N5/20—Circuitry for controlling amplitude response
- H04N5/205—Circuitry for controlling amplitude response for correcting amplitude versus frequency characteristic
- H04N5/208—Circuitry for controlling amplitude response for correcting amplitude versus frequency characteristic for compensating for attenuation of high frequency components, e.g. crispening, aperture distortion correction
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- H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
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- H04N9/646—Circuits for processing colour signals for image enhancement, e.g. vertical detail restoration, cross-colour elimination, contour correction, chrominance trapping filters
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- H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
- H04N5/445—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for displaying additional information
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- This invention relates to video signal processing apparatus generally, and particularly to television apparatus employing picture enhancement processing.
- Television receivers employing picture enhancement processors are known.
- processors which provide noise reduction for both luma and chroma processors which provide vertical and/or horizontal peaking and processors which provide non-linear processing (e.g., so-called "black stretch” or "white stretch” processors), to name but a few.
- picture enhancement processing provides a substantial benefit by improving the subjective appearance of displayed images.
- enhancement processing may produce undesirable effects under certain conditions.
- One such case is described in U.S. Pat. 5,202,765 by Roger L. Lineberry entitled TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH PICTURE IN PICTURE PROCESSING AND NON-LINEAR PROCESSING which issued 13 April 1993.
- Lineberry found that "black stretch" processing of the main or large picture signal in a picture-in-picture (PIP) television receiver can cause the black level of the small or inset picture to be "modulated" by (i.e., be dependent on) the black level of the main picture.
- Lineberry addresses the problem by disabling black stretch processing during the small picture interval.
- Picture enhancement processing such as peaking can degrade displayed images under certain signal conditions such as when the signal- to-noise ratio is poor or when interference (e.g., impulse noise) is present.
- interference e.g., impulse noise
- the level of peaking is varied so as to avoid excessive peaking of impulse noise present in the active video or displayed portion of the signal.
- U.S. Pat. 4,376,952 by Troiano entitled NOISE RESPONSIVE AUTOMATIC PEAKING CONTROL APPARATUS which issued 15 March 1983 describes varying peaking as a function of noise by sampling noise during the horizontal blanking interval of a received signal.
- the picture enhancement systems described above involve altering the picture enhancement processing to prevent degrading the video image.
- the present invention resides, in part, in recognizing that it is desirable to modify picture enhancement processing to prevent degrading information other than video image information.
- enhancement processing apparatus e.g., for TV receivers, VCR's and the like
- enhancement processing is applied to a video signal prior to detection of components of the video signal other than the video image component.
- non- image signal components include a synchronization component, e.g., vertical sync, and adjunct or auxiliary signal components, e.g., signal components containing binary information.
- binary information signal components include closed captioning data, viewer content advisory ("V-chip”) data, extended data services (XDS) data, Starsight® program guide data, and the like, that may be included in a television signal during vertical blanking intervals.
- V-chip viewer content advisory
- XDS extended data services
- Starsight® program guide data Starsight® program guide data, and the like
- enhancement processing applied to a video signal prior to the detection of synchronizing or auxiliary binary information components may improve image quality while degrading detection and processing of signal components such as sync or auxiliary binary information.
- video signal processing apparatus comprises a picture enhancement processor for enhancing a selected parameter of a video input signal and control means for modifying the operation of the picture enhancement processor during a particular portion of the video input signal that represents information other than the video image information.
- control means for modifying the operation of the picture enhancement processor during a particular portion of the video input signal that represents information other than the video image information.
- means are provided for identifying a particular line interval that includes binary information and for disabling the picture enhancement processor during those particular line intervals.
- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a noise reduction unit suitable for use in the receiver of FIGURE 1; and FIGURE 3 is a block diagram of a video cassette recorder (VCR) embodying the invention.
- VCR video cassette recorder
- Picture enhancement processing of the video image data improves the displayed video image by, for example, improving detail in the image.
- enhancement such as peaking and recursive noise reduction when applied prior to sync detection can improve detection of horizontal sync, thereby greatly reducing horizontal jitter for noisy video.
- enhancement processing such as recursive processing can degrade information that is included in the video signal but is not part of the displayed image, i.e., non-image information.
- non-image information in an NTSC television signal comprises signal components that occur during the vertical blanking interval including vertical sync and auxiliary binary information such as, illustratively, closed caption data, extended services (XDS) data, and viewer content advisory information (V-chip) data.
- auxiliary binary information such as, illustratively, closed caption data, extended services (XDS) data, and viewer content advisory information (V-chip) data.
- Enhancement processing prior to vertical sync detection and auxiliary binary data decoding can result in vertical sync instability and unacceptable bit error rates for binary data.
- the described problems could be overcome by detecting vertical sync and decoding binary data from the video signal at the input of the enhancement processing function while detecting horizontal sync and producing the displayed image from the video signal at the output of enhancement processing.
- the enhancement processing circuitry may be included in an integrated circuit (IC) that does not include the sync detection and binary data decoding functions. Using one video signal for horizontal sync detection and another for vertical sync detection would require two output pins from the IC.
- a complex IC such as a video signal processor typically has limited availability of I/O pins. Thus, it is highly undesirable to require two output pins to supply video signals for sync detection and auxiliary data decoding.
- modification of enhancement processing involves reducing enhancement during occurrence of non-image information signal components.
- enhancement processing can be reduced periodically such as during one or more particular line intervals when a non-image component occurs.
- enhancement processing could be reduced during each line 21 of field 1 of an NTSC signal that includes closed captioning.
- Another approach in accordance with principles of the invention is to modify enhancement processing throughout each vertical blanking interval. Doing so ensures that neither vertical sync nor auxiliary binary data components are degraded by enhancement processing.
- the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGURE 1 and described below demonstrates principles of the invention by modifying, i.e., turning off, enhancement processing during line intervals within the vertical blanking interval that convey binary closed caption data.
- the video output signal i.e., at the output of the enhancement processing
- the principles of the invention demonstrated by the embodiment shown in FIGURE 1 can be extended to include modifying enhancement processing during other non-image information intervals such as during vertical sync, during line intervals other than or in addition to the closed caption data interval, or throughout vertical blanking.
- the invention permits using the video signal at the output of the enhancement processor for producing enhanced video images, for sync detection, and for auxiliary binary data decoding.
- a television receiver includes a video source 8 for providing a composite video input signal CV1 for display by a display unit 37.
- the composite video signal CV1 includes a picture component conveyed during the "active" or displayed lines of each field and a binary information component (i.e., a closed caption data component in this example) that is transmitted during selected lines of the vertical blanking interval.
- the binary information is decoded by a caption decoder (34) and displayed as caption video in an inset area or group of lines (39) within the main picture video 38 displayed by display unit 37.
- Composite video signal CV1 is converted to digital form by means of an analog- to-digital converter 10 which, illustratively, operates at a sampling rate of four times the color subcarrier frequency (4 Fsc). At this sampling rate one complete color cycle (360 degrees) corresponds to 4 clock periods and one-half of one color cycle (180 degrees) corresponds to 2 clock or sample periods.
- 4 Fsc sampling simplifies the application of recursive noise reduction of the composite video signal, as will be described.
- the digital composite video signal (CV2) is applied to a picture enhancement processor (PEP) 12 for enhancement of selected parameters of the input video signal.
- PEP 12 provides a noise reduced and peaked luminance output signal Y2 and a noise reduced chrominance output signal C, both of which are applied to a display processing unit 36.
- Unit 36 provides conventional video processing functions such as hue and saturation control, brightness and contrast control, RGB matrixing, etc., and generates a video output signal of suitable form (RGB form is shown) for application to display unit 37.
- the noise reduced and peaked luminance signal Y2 is also applied to a caption decoder 34 that generates a caption video signal Y3 for display (39) within the area of the main picture video signal 38 displayed by unit 37.
- the caption video signal may comprise, for example, closed caption data which is transmitted during selected lines of the vertical blanking interval in the United States.
- Other binary information such as extended data services (XDS) information in the United States, may be included in the video signal. If desired, data such as XDS information may be decoded in decoder 34 for display along with or in place of the caption information.
- XDS extended data services
- the caption (or XDS) signal Y3 is applied to processing unit 37 which includes a multiplex switch (not shown) that inserts (e.g., by time division multiplexing) signal Y3 within signal Y2 for display by unit 37.
- the caption (or XDS) video may be inserted within the picture information by other methods, such as the use of read/write memory storage.
- a synchronization signal detector 32 (outlined in phantom).
- detector 32 is formed in an integrated circuit having a sync signal input pin 29 to which the noise reduced and peaked luma signal Y2 is applied and having horizontal and vertical detectors (31, 32) for generating the horizontal HS and vertical VS timing signals for decoder 34 and display processing unit 36.
- control unit 45 described later, for controlling the operation of the picture enhancement processor 12.
- Picture enhancement processor (PEP) 12 provides the multiple functions of luma/chroma signal separation, recursive noise reduction of the luminance (Y2) and chrominance (CV2) components and vertical peaking of the luminance component Y2.
- the composite digital video signal CV2 is applied to the input (1) of a noise reduction unit 14 having an output 2 which provides a noise reduced composite video signal CV3 that is applied to a comb filter 16 (outlined in phantom).
- Comb filter 16 includes a one-line ( 1-H) delay unit 17 having a first output 18 providing a composite video signal CV4 that is delayed exactly by one horizontal line (1-H) and having a second output 19 providing a composite video signal CV5 that is delayed by one-line less the time period of one-half of one color cycle. Since a sampling period of 4Fsc has been selected, as previously noted, the composite video signal CV5 is delayed by one line less 2 sample periods (i.e., one half a color cycle).
- Signal CV5 is then fed back to an input 4 of noise reduction unit 14 for providing "recursive" or feedback operation to thereby reduce the noise of both the chrominance and the luminance components of composite video signal CV3.
- noise reduction unit 14 for providing "recursive" or feedback operation to thereby reduce the noise of both the chrominance and the luminance components of composite video signal CV3.
- the details of a preferred recursive noise reduction unit are discussed later with regard to FIGURE 2.
- the one-line delayed composite video signal CV4 provided by delay unit 17 is subtracted from the non- delayed, noise reduced, composite video input signal CV3 by means of a subtracter 20.
- This forms a chrominance comb filter and produces two components at the subtracter output, namely: (i) the chrominance component "C" of the composite video signal CV3; and (ii) a vertical detail component "VD" of the composite video signal CV3.
- Display processing unit 36 requires a chrominance component free of vertical detail information and a luminance component free from chrominance information and, desirably, with augmented (i.e., peaked) vertical detail information.
- processor 12 includes a low pass filter 22 which separates chrominance signal C2 from the combined chrominance and vertical detail signals produced by subtractor 24. It will be noted that chrominance signal C2 has received noise reduction since it is derived from the noise reduced composite video signal CV3 produced by noise reduction unit 14.
- the band-pass filtered and noise reduced chrominance signal C is subtracted from composite video signal CV3 by means of a subtractor 24.
- the output of subtractor 20 in comb filter 16 is applied to a low pass filter 26 having a passband extending to the lower limit of the chrominance signal band. This separates the vertical detail signal VD from the combined vertical detail and chrominance signals (C+VD). Signal VD is then applied to a vertical peaking unit 28 which generates a vertical peaking signal VP.
- a switch 29 couples vertical peaking signal VP to an adder 30 where VP is combined with the noise reduced and separated luminance signal Yl to produce a noise reduced and peaked luminance output signal Y2.
- Signal Y2 and chrominance signal C2 are applied to units 34 and 36 as previously described to produce the picture 38 and caption 39 displays on display unit 37.
- a control unit 45 provides On/Off control of the noise reduction and vertical peaking provided by the picture enhancement processor PEP 12.
- Unit 45 comprises a line counter 40 which is reset or cleared at the start of each field by the vertical synchronizing signal VS provided by detector 32.
- Line counter 40 is clocked or advanced to count lines during a field by the horizontal synchronizing signal HS provided by detector 31.
- a comparator 44 compares the line number provided by line counter 40 with a line reference number provided by a line reference number source 42 to identify lines in the vertical interval that may contain non-image information, e.g., caption data in line 21.
- the output 46 of comparator 44 is coupled via a conductor 48 to the control inputs 4 and 27, respectively, of noise reduction unit 14 and switch 29.
- the comparator applies an "off control signal to conductor 48.
- the "off signal occurs during a particular interval, e.g., line 21, independent of whether the interval includes non-image information.
- the "off signal modifies the operation of the receiver by disabling noise reduction unit 14 and opening switch 29, thereby turning off noise reduction and vertical peaking applied to luminance signal Y2. This minimizes distortion of the caption data amplitude and rise-time so that the caption decoder bit error rate is relatively low.
- the absence of peaking and noise reduction will not be seen by a viewer since the caption information is conveyed only during the vertical interval, i.e., no caption data lines can be seen in the active display area of display 37.
- the comparator 44 applies an "on" signal to conductor 48 which enables noise reduction unit 14 and closes switch 29. This enables vertical peaking and noise reduction during portions of the signal that represent video image information so that the "active" or picture representative video signal displayed by unit 37 is visually enhanced.
- the receiver of FIGURE 1 resolves the previously discussed conflicting requirements of providing low noise and peaked displayed images while ensuring low distortion (both amplitude and temporal) of caption data and providing an improved bit error rate.
- Composite video noise reduction unit 14 may be of conventional design provided it is equipped with an on/off control input such as input 3 shown in FIGURE 1.
- FIGURE 2 An exemplary composite video signal noise reduction unit is illustrated in FIGURE 2 which includes one color cycle delay unit 202 that delays the composite video signal CV5 by one full color cycle (360 degrees or 4 clock cycles at the assumed sample rate of 4Fsc).
- An averager 204 averages the composite video signal CV5, which is delayed by one line less one-half of one color cycle, with the composite video signal CV6, which is delayed by one line plus one-half of one color cycle to produce an averaged composite video signal CV7 in which the color component thereof is temporally aligned from line to line.
- the averaged signal has a color subcarrier which is of constant phase from line to line rather than alternating 180 degrees from line to line.
- the noise reduction signal NR1 is limited by a limiter 208 before being added to the composite video signal in adder 200.
- Suitable limiting levels are very small, e.g., on the order of one or two IRE video signal units. With this limiting level, stationary images will receive substantial noise reduction while moving images will exhibit relatively minor motion artifacts.
- the limited noise reduction signal NR2 is applied to adder 200 via a switch 210 controlled by the on/off control signal applied to the control input 3.
- FIGURE 1 the principles of the invention were applied to a television receiver for reducing caption errors occurring due to distortion of the caption data signal by the preceding picture enhancement processing (noise reduction and peaking both alter or distort the shape of a waveform).
- the present invention is of general utility and may be applied to apparatus other than the television receiver shown in Figure 1.
- the embodiment of FIGURE 3 illustrates a useful application of the principles of the invention to a video cassette recorder (VCR) for producing video tapes.
- VCR video cassette recorder
- Video tape recording of television programming also records non-image information components of a television signal including sync and binary information such as closed caption data. It is advantageous to ensure that the non-image information is recorded correctly so that, e.g., data such as closed captioning can be decoded and displayed if desired during playback.
- a VCR may include picture enhancement processing in the video signal processing path.
- VCR 300 in Figure 3 includes picture enhancement processor 340 for enhancing the video signal SI received via terminal 302. Enhancement processor 340 may be of the type previously described in regard to Figure 1 or of another type which tends to degrade non-image information.
- processor 340 is positioned prior to record and playback circuit 308 in the video signal path.
- Providing enhancement processing as shown in Figure 3 enhances the video signal prior to recording, thereby improving the recorded signal and improving the image that is produced during playback of the video tape. Without additional measures, however, the effects of processor 340 will cause signal S2 at the output of processor 340 to contain degraded non-image information that will be recorded onto video tape via circuit 308, signal S4 and head wheel 306. As a result, a video signal S3 produced from the tape during playback and output via terminal 304 includes degraded non-image information. Subsequent decoding of the degraded non-image information by, for example, a television set coupled to terminal 304 produces an unacceptably high bit error rate and a correspondingly unacceptably high error rate in displayed captions produced from the data.
- VCR 300 in Figure 3 prevents degrading of non-image information in the recorded signal by modifying the operation of picture enhancement processor 340 in response to a control signal S5 that is generated by control unit 320.
- the operation of control unit 320 and of processor 340 in response to signal S5 is similar to the above-described operation of control unit 45 and processor 12 in Figure 1. More specifically, control unit 320 generates signal S5 in response to horizontal and vertical sync signals HS and VS, respectively, produced by sync detector 318 for identifying intervals during which non-image information occurs in the video signal (e.g., line 21 for closed caption data).
- Processor 340 responds to signal S5 by modifying picture enhancement processing during the non-image intervals. In the exemplary embodiment shown in Figure 3, processor 340 disables enhancement processing during the non-image intervals established by control unit 320. Accordingly, degradation of non-image information is substantially reduced or eliminated.
- the modification of the operation of the enhancement processing that processor 12 in Figure 1 and processor 340 in Figure 3 produce in response to the control signals can vary.
- enhancement processing is disabled.
- control units 45 in Figure 1 and 320 in Figure 3 could control the respective enhancement processors such that a different level of enhancement processing is provided during each of various intervals or for each of various types of non-image information, e.g., no enhancement during vertical sync and closed caption intervals, reduced enhancement during another interval, and full enhancement during video image information intervals.
- the control units could produce the processor control signals such that enhancement is modified to a particular degree throughout an interval that includes various types of non-image information.
- enhancement processing could be disabled throughout the vertical blanking interval, thereby preventing enhancement processing from affecting vertical sync and various types of auxiliary binary information.
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